Brian Stelter: I Don't Delete Tweets

On Friday, FTVLive told you that CNN media critic Brian Stelter tweeted out a big diss of his colleague Wolf Blitzer:

Stelter tried to claim that he made a copy and paste error, an excuse that many people are not buying.

But what is interesting, is in the past when Stelter has sent a "mistake" tweet, he has left the tweet on Twitter.

Back in 2011, before we was working at CNN, Stelter sent out a tweet about Christiane Amanpour leaving ABC. He said that the tweet was meant as a direct message and should not have been made public.

But, he left that tweet up and followed it up with the reason he did.

But, he quickly deleted the Blitzer tweet. 

What gives?

Stelter feels he should not be catching heat for his Wolf tweet. But, if Bill O'Reilly sent out a tweet that read, "Ugh.....Hannity is the worse" and then claimed it was a mistake, do you think Stelter would cover the story?

In a New York minute he would. 

There is no doubt, Stelter has a huge ego and a very thin skin (a bad combination). Stelter has followed FTVLive on Twitter for years and has even sent us DM's on the site. But, the minute we pointed out his Blitzer bashing tweet, he unfollowed FTVLive on Twitter (it is here we would put a frowny face :( but it would be hypocritical).

Stelter loves to use twitter and other social media to suck up to the media bloggers and try and stay on their good side. Just watch his playful Twitter comebacks with other critics. The media critics and bloggers try to play nice with each other.

FTVLive does not play that game. Our goal is to be tough but fair with everyone and we don't buy into this backslapping, "you be nice to me, I'll be nice to you" code.

Plus, it should be noted that our third grade teacher, Mrs. Green knew this way back when. Mrs. Green sent a note home to my parents saying, "He doesn't play well with others."

I still don't Mrs. Green, I still don't. 

Wolf, Wolff

CNN's Reliable Sources had on author Michael Wolff to talk about his new book "Television is the New Television."

What was interesting was Stelter's show misspelled Wolff's name.

Not sure, but we think Stelter's excuse might be that he made a 'copy and paste' error.

Obviously, Brian has a problem with anyone that has Wolf in their name. 

Shame on You, Shame on Me

KARK (Little Rock) viewer Don Stair was seeing red when he thought that the station changed the color of their logo to the same as "The Gays."

It seems that old Don thought that KARK was showing their support for the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision and he was not happy. Even told KARK he is no longer going to watch them.

KARK tried to inform Don that the logo is the same as it always was. The channel number next to the NBC Peacock that happens to be a rainbow color.

Just like The Gays.

Damn Gay Peacock. 

I Just Can't Keep Up Anymore

KSAZ (Phoenix) Weatherman Cory McCloskey was making fun of transgendered woman live on air. It happened about two weeks ago and went unnoticed for the most part.  But then HBO's John Oliver found the video and hit McCloskey hard.

Let's go to the video:

This week's gay rights victory was historic, but the transgender community still faces staggering challenges. John Oliver focuses on the "T" in "LGBT." Connect with Last Week Tonight online...

Let's Go to a Break

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield was reporting on the same sex marriage decision when one guy near her, made his voice heard.

The guy could be heard yelling, "IT"S ABOUT FUCKING TIME," over and over again.

This forced CNN to take an unscheduled commercial break. 

Let's go to the video:

Uploaded by Allan H. on 2015-06-26.

Ummmm.....NBC You Don't see a Conflict Here?

When it comes to cable news Anchors and conflicts of interest, MSNBC seems to lead the pack. We could write paragraph after paragraph about Chris Matthews and Al Sharpton, but that is for another day and time.

Last week, Presidential Candidate and NBC staffer Donald Trump decided to take a shot at basically Mexico and anyone that Mexican blood running through their body.

The Univision Network thought that Trump crossed the line and they decided to take a stand and pull the plug on carrying Trump's Miss Universe Pageant on their network.

NBC also carries the beauty pageant and they were not nearly as bold as Univision, but they did take a step back from Trump saying they don't agree with his comments. 

"NBC is evaluating its commitment to the upcoming Miss USA pageant hours after Univision’s decision to drop the program over comments made by Donald Trump, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter."

"For now, NBC’s only comment is a statement that distances itself from Trump, but doesn’t sever any relationship with him," wrote CNN Media Critic and Wolf Blitzer basher Brian Stelter. 

But what Stelter or NBC does not talk about is the hosts for the upcoming Miss Universe Pageant. 

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts is the host along with Cheryl Burke. 

So while NBC is saying they do not agree with Trump or his comments, they are leaving out the fact that one of their own anchors is slated as the host of the pageant. 

Is NBC going to let this happen?

Won't that show that they really do support Trump and everything else is lip service. And how does MSNBC cover the story, when one of their own Anchors is involved?

Stay tuned....

H/T The Cable Game 

Taking My Ball and Going Home

When Univision came out and said they were dropping Donald Trump's Miss USA Universe Pageant, because of what they said was Trump's "insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants" during the launch of his presidential campaign, Trump handled the news with class and dignity.

Ha...no he didn't.

He sent a letter to  Univision CEO Randy Falco saying that he, nor anyone that worked for Univision was allowed to play on his Miami golf course.

Here's the letter:

Move Over American Pharoah

American Pharoah may have run away with the Triple Crown, but that's because the horse never took on CNBC intern Lauren Langille.

As FTVLive told you on Friday, Langille was the first intern to get the Supreme Court verdict on Obamacare into the hands of her Reporter.

And let's be honest, just like American Pharoah, it wasn't even a close race. 

What the Hell?

Imagine being a parent taking your kids out to their first Major League Baseball game and they saw this:

Not sure what the Houston Astros mascot is doing, but he sure seems excited. 

Oh My God! CNN Confuses Dildo Flag for ISIS Flag

CNN reported a big exclusive story on Saturday....well they thought it was big.

The network reported that an Isis flag was spotted at a London Gay Pride Parade. According to CNN, their International Assignment Editor Lucy Pawle snapped exclusive pictures of the "ISIS Flag."

Pawle said that she, "seemed to be the only person that spotted this." She did say that the lettering on the flag was not exactly the same as the ISIS flag and it appeared to be, "gobbledygook" (her word).

A video was posted on YouTube and a number of people said that the images were "dildos and butt plugs" and it was not an ISIS flag at all. 

Pawle said that she spoke to an event organizer and a police officer that didn't seemed to worried about the ISIS dildo flag like she was.

CNN played up the "exclusive" story on air, but after it was pointed out that the flag was hardly an ISIS flag, CNN pulled the video of the story from their website with no explanation.  

Just another embarrassment for the cable network. 

Let's go to the video:

A bystander says she spotted a man dressed in black and white was waving what may be an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade in London. Woman says she spotted 'ISIS' flag at gay pride... Woman says she spotted 'ISIS' flag at gay pride...

Update: The Twitterverse is starting to chime in. This is a story we doubt you will see on Reliable Sources tomorrow.

Greta: CNN’s Brian Stelter has been in the business about 5 days

Yesterday, FTVLive told you that CNN's Brian Stelter sent out a tweet and quickly deleted it, that mocked his colleague Wolf Blitzer and his coverage of the prison escapees. 

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren thinks it was a cheap shot by an inexperienced Reporter. Greta writes: 

"This CNN Brian Stelter tweet is pathetic and is embarrassing to CNN.  It is also extremely disrespectful to his colleague, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

Stelter is arrogant and I might add, has limited experience.  He doesn’t come close to Wolf’s experience and judgment and dares to tweets this about Wolf.  Stelter travels from DC to NYC and back…and reads the internet.   Wolf has criss crossed the world and interviewed world leaders."

Stelter's excuse for the tweet?

Judging by the email to FTVLive and internet comments, not many are buying his excuse. One person said that Stelter was trying to send his Blitzer statement as a direct message and tweeted it by mistake. The person said that Stelter was DMing with his wife at the time. Not sure how the person knows this, but that excuse seems about as good as Stelter's.

One comment to Greta's blog reads:

"Never heard of him", with Stelter's ego, that comment has to hurt the most.

Maybe he now knows how Wolf feels.

Just saying.... 

CNN: Brian Stelter Disses The Wolf (Updated)

Evidently, CNN isn't 'one big happy family".  CNN media critic (and in this instance, we do mean critic) Brian Stelter sent out this Tweet; apparently while watching Wolf Blitzer anchor the coverage of the escaped convicts.

We're anxiously awaiting the spin on this........

Update: This is the excuse that Stelter is giving. Is anyone buying it? 

Just asking....

What the Heck?!

WLS in Chicago tweeted out the news that some tornados had touched down in Illinois. And as everyone knows, when a tornado touches down, you need to seek protection.

WLS included a picture of condoms with their tweet.

Ummmm....well....it's protection I guess.

Another Award for Devlin Design Group

It's rare when a news set captures the attention and accolades like the Fox-owned WAGA, Fox 5 in Atlanta. 

Thursday afternoon the design team at Devlin Design Group walked away with this year’s PromaxBDA gold award for set design at a luncheon for marketing and design executives held in Las Vegas. 

 This latest award is the final jewel in the ‘triple crown’ for this popular and groundbreaking set. 

 Earlier this month the set won the Southeast Emmy award. The set also won ‘Set of the Year’…marking the fourth year in a row Team DDG has captured this honor.

“We are honored to be recognized for this scenic storytelling environment. Innovation is one of our foundational elements at Team DDG. The groundbreaking set at WAGA is consistent with that goal. Some of our most fruitful discussions have begun with this statement “What if we could…” said Dan Devlin, Owner/Chief Creative Strategist, Devlin Design Group.

If you want to see more on this ground breaking news set, here's a link.

Huh? Scripps asks Employees to Pay to Test New App

FTVLive does beta testing for a number of tech companies, including Apple, Google and others. The best part of beta testing, you get to see the new technology first and you get it free.

So it surprised us that Scripps is asking their staffers to beta test a new app, but they want them to pay for it. 

Huh?

E.W. Scripps has a new feature is coming to their "Storm Shield" app and they are asking staffers to test it out. 

A post on the company's internal intranet website called for people to test a new feature which places a call to your phone when a severe weather alert is posted for your area. 

All sounds good, except the part where they tell staffers they are going to have to pay to test something that might not even work well.

Here is a portion of the internal email sent to the staff:

You would hope when a company wants to use their employees to beta test something, they wouldn't make them shell out money to do so. 

Just saying....